Hear Me Roar!

Here's a message from a Glasgow equal pay claimant who thinks it's important that people make the effort to engage with their local MSPs and MPs. 

Please please please..... 

Contact your local MSP’s and MP’s 

Bog standard emails are getting sent out on return to our emails 

Do not accept this 

Make an appointment 
Go chat to them in person 
We need to put the pressure on 
We need to direct our view and make them listen 

We are not going away this time ........ 

Let’s make history ❤️ 
#togetherasone 

I couldn't agree more and if you need help with anything, just drop me a note.

   

Glasgow MSPs and MPs (15/09/18)

An enterprising group of equal pay claimants went to see their local MSP yesterday, James Dornan the member for Glasgow Cathcart.

Now in common with other Glasgow MSPs James has had little to say, up till now at least, about the long-running fight for equal pay in Glasgow City Council.

But fair play to the man - James was happy to meet and hear what his local constituents had to say and I understand that their meeting went very well. 

Now this was a private discussion, but the claimants were pleased to have the opportunity to state their case and explain why people feel so strongly that they are all voting in such large numbers to come out on strike.

The claimants have arranged a follow-up meeting in October to keep up a dialogue with their local MSP which seems a good idea to me and the same group also have a meeting next week with their local MP, Stewart McDonald the member for Glasgow South. 

James and Stewart are both on Twitter as are all Glasgow MSPs and MPs:


James Dornan - @glasgowcathcart  


Stewart McDonald - @StewartMcDonald 

If other claimants arrange visits with local Councillors, MSPs or MPs - drop me a note and let me know how things go.


   

Mandates, Strikes and Politicians (14/09/18)

Here's a very interesting table which shows the turnout and result in the Scottish Parliament elections for the seat of Glasgow Cathcart in 2016.

James Dornan won the seat for the SNP on 52.9% of the total vote and a turnout of 50.3% - and I understand that some of his local Glasgow Cathcart constituents have a meeting with James later today to discuss equal pay.

Now the GMB's astonishing strike ballot resulted in a majority of 98.1% based on a much higher turnout of 62.5% of union members. 

So I hope that Glasgow's politicians are listening because the mandate the GMB has received for strike action is arguably much more impressive than the mandates received by many of the City's elected Councillors, MSPs and MPs.

I'll be posting some other interesting facts and figures from around the City in the days ahead - so watch this space. 

   

Scottish Parliamentary Election 2016: Glasgow Cathcart

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	James Dornan	16,200	52.9	+7.4
	Labour	Soriya Siddique	6,810	22.2	-17.2
	Conservative	Kyle Thornton	4,514	14.7	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Margot Clark	1,703	5.6	+1.3
	TUSC	Brian Smith	909	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Chris Creighton	501	1.6	+1.6
Majority			9,390	30.7	+24.6
Turnout			30,637	50.3
	SNP hold		Swing